System and methods for providing telecommunication services

A system for providing telecommunication services to a customer premises, the system comprising:

• an antenna affixed to the exterior of the customer premises, to transmit outbound telecommunications in a wireless protocol and to receive inbound telecommunications in the wireless protocol;
• an automatic gain control, coupled with the antenna, to automatically adjust the gain of the inbound telecommunications;
• a demarcation device, coupled with the automatic gain control, configured to determine the inbound telecommunications is one of voice communications, data communications, and video communications;
• to convert the inbound telecommunications from the wireless protocol to one of a Plain Old Telephone Service (POTS) format, a digital data format, and a digital video format;
• to convert outbound voice communications from the POTS format to the wireless protocol;
• and to convert outbound data communications from the digital data format to the wireless protocol;
• a POTS interface to the customer premises, coupled with the demarcation device, to transmit the inbound voice communications in the POTS format to the customer premises via a first internal transport medium and to transmit the outbound voice communications received in the POTS format on the first internal transport medium to the demarcation device;
• a data interface to the customer premises, coupled with the demarcation device, to transmit the inbound data communications in the digital format to the customer premises via a second internal transport medium and to transmit the outbound data communications received in the digital format on the second internal transport medium to the demarcation device;
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• a video interface to the customer premises, coupled with the demarcation device, to transmit the inbound video communications in the digital video format to the customer premises via a second internal transport medium.

A network interface device (NID) for providing telephone services to a customer premises comprising:

• a receiver to receive inbound voice communications from an antenna affixed to the exterior of the customer premises in the wireless protocol;
• a transmitter to transmit outbound voice communications in the wireless protocol;
• a processor, coupled with the receiver and the transmitter, to convert the inbound voice communications from the wireless protocol to a digital wired format and to convert the outbound voice communications from the digital wired format to the wireless protocol;
• a converter, coupled with the processor, to convert the inbound voice communications from the digital wired format to analog Plain Old Telephone Service (POTS) and to convert the outbound voice communications from POTS to the digital wired format;
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• an interface, coupled with the converter, to transmit the inbound voice communications in the POTS format to the customer premises via a first internal transport medium and to transmit the outbound voice communications received in the POTS format on the first internal transport medium to the converter.

A method of providing telecommunication services to a customer premises, the method comprising:

• providing an antenna affixed to the exterior of the customer premises configured to transmit outbound communications in a wireless protocol and to receive inbound communications in the wireless protocol, using a wireless transport medium;
• providing a demarcation device configured to convert inbound communications from the wireless protocol to a Plain Old Telephone Service (POTS) format and to convert the outbound communications from the POTS format to the wireless protocol, wherein providing the demarcation device comprises providing a demarcation device further configured to convert inbound communications from the wireless protocol to one of a digital data format and a digital video format and to convert outbound communications from the digital data format to the wireless protocol;
• receiving inbound communications at the antenna;
• converting the inbound communications from the wireless protocol to the POTS format using the demarcation device;
• transmitting the inbound communications in the POTS format to the customer premises via a first internal transport medium;
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• receiving second inbound communications at the antenna;
• determining, with the demarcation device, the second inbound communications are data communications;
• converting the second inbound communications from the wireless protocol to the digital data format using the demarcation device;
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• transmitting the second inbound communications in the digital data format to the customer premises via a second internal transport medium.